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A. Mahdavi, F. Tahmasebi:
"Aspects of uncertainty in representation of occupant's diversity in building performance simulation";
Talk: BSA2015 - Building Simulation Applications 2015 - 2nd IBPSA-Italy Conference, Bozen, Italien; 2015-02-04 - 2015-02-06; in: "Building Simulation Applications 2015 - 2nd IBPSA-Italy Conference", IBPSA Italy (ed.); Free University of Bozen - Bolzano, 2nd IBPSA Italy Conference (2015), Paper ID 109, 4 pages.

Recently, increased efforts have been invested to enhance the sophistication of occupancy modelling approaches in building performance simulation. However, the effictevenss of such approaches depends on the robustness of the underlying empirical information. Thereby, an important question pertains to the existance and level of inter-individual differences in occupancy patterns. In the present contribution, we use a repository of monitored occupancy data in an office building to address this problem empirically. The results of the study facilitate a discussion of the diversity in observed occupancy profiles and the implications for relevan occupancy models in building performance simulation.

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